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RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : jboss-remoting (RHSA-2013:1369)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70250

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated jboss-remoting package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

JBoss Remoting is a framework for building distributed applications in Java.

A denial of service flaw was found in the implementation of the org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread class in JBoss Remoting. An attacker could use this flaw to exhaust all available file descriptors on the target server, preventing legitimate connections. Note that to exploit this flaw remotely, the remoting port must be exposed directly or indirectly (for example, deploying a public facing application that uses JBoss Remoting could indirectly expose this flaw). (CVE-2013-4210)

This issue was discovered by James Livingston of the Red Hat Support Engineering Group.

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files).

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6 are advised to upgrade to this updated package. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected jboss-remoting package.

See Also

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-4210.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1369.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70250

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1369.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-remoting

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4210

BID: 62721

RHSA: 2013:1369